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UM Names Dr. Jon Harbor Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

April 2, 2018 /

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University of Montana President Seth Bodnar announced April 2 that Dr. Jon Harbor https://www.eaps.purdue.edu/people/faculty-pages/harbor.html will serve as the new executive vice president for academic affairs and provost.

"Recruiting our new executive vice president and provost was a top priority, and we initiated the national search even before I officially arrived on campus," Bodnar said. "Dr. Harbor’s leadership and experience are going to be vital as we continue to shape and strengthen every element that composes a UM education. I have great confidence in his ability to help move UM toward its full potential."

Harbor currently serves as associate vice provost for teaching and learning and as executive director of digital education at Purdue University. As a professor in Purdue’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, he brings extensive research and teaching experience.

http://news.umt.edu/2018/04/040218prov.php